The committee in charge of planning the burial of veteran politician Kenneth Matiba has given the latest plan on the send-off ceremony of the icon.
Transport CS James Macharia who is part of the committee said that the funeral arrangements had been finalised.
Matiba is expected to have two funeral services - one in Nairobi on Wednesday and another one at Ihura Stadium on Thursday.
“We have worked hard at the orders of President Uhuru Kenyatta and we want to assure Kenyans that we have finished all arrangements to give our hero Matiba a befitting send off,” the CS said.
“We are enjoying the current free democratic environment mainly because of Matiba’s efforts and those of his comrades during the struggle for multi-party politics. That is why we are calling on Kenyans to show up and witness his final journey,” Macharia added.
He spoke in the company of the Government funeral committee and Matiba’s family members at Harambee House on Tuesday.
The committee members include Cabinet secretaries James Macharia (Transport), Fred Matiangi (Interior), and Joe Mucheru (ICT), Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua, Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho, and family members among them Matiba’s son, Raymond.